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Martin Reed

Martin Reed is a writer, campaigner, and trade unionist based in London. He worked for the Society of Authors for eight years, which he quit in July 2024 then joined Fossil Free Books the next day. His work has appeared in Critical Quarterly, Litro, The Author, Writing Magazine, Ethical Consumer, and elsewhere. Angel Caging, his collection of short and very short fiction, was published in 2017.

 

Articles by Martin Reed

A Union of One’s Own: Fossil Free Books and the Society of Authors
Can a group of grassroots campaigners collaborate with a 140-year-old trade union that is resistant to change? In this essay, Martin Reed and Noreen Masud identify the tensions between grassroots activism and established union structures, discussing the challenges to labour activism in the creative industries. They specifically examine the Society of Authors, one of the UK’s largest trade unions for creators, from their perspectives as members of the bookworkers collective, Fossil Free Books. 
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